Wednesday, March 9, 2011

85th Oscar Predictions—TWO Years in Advance 3/9/11

EDITORS NOTE: These predictions were made in March 2011 and reflect what my thinking was at that time. I have updated my predictions since then, but leave these on the blog for a historical record. For the most updated list of predictions, go to the Tracker Pages in the upper right hand corner of this blog.

You can’t have a “Never Too Early” blog that only has year-in-advance predictions, so here are my TWO-yearS in advance predictions for the 85th Oscar season.

These have also been updated on the tracker pages in the right column.

I wish that I could have included more independent films in this list, as they are sure to make it in the end. Unfortunately, the nature of financing and distribution for independent films means that it is difficult to learn about them this far in advance. As a result, this early list is tilted way too heavily towards blockbusters, sci-fi and action flicks. Still, it looks like 2012 will be a pretty good year!

Alternates:
6. Sandra Bullock in Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close
7. Kate Winslet in God of Carnage
8. Annette Bening in The Third Act
9. Julianne Moore in Another Bullshit Night In Suck City
10. Rachel McAdams in The Vow
11. Kristen Stewart in Snow White and the Huntsman
12. Meryl Streep in Great Hope Springs

Alterntes:
6. Irrfan Khan in Life of Pi
7. Christoph Waltz in God of Carnage
8. Christian Bale in The Dark Knight Rises
9. Robert De Niro in Another Bullshit Night In Suck City
10. Morgan Freeman in The Third Act
11. Keanu Reeves in 47 Ronin
12. Mark Wahlberg in Contraband
13. Viggo Mortensen in Snow White and the Huntsman
14. Casey Affleck in The Kind One
15. Tom Hanks in Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close
16. Channing Tatum in The Vow
17. Sacha Baron Cohen in The Dictator
18. Will Smith in Men In Black 3